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A Romanov Just Got Married In Saint Petersburg
The first royal wedding in Russia since the fall of the Romanov dynasty a century ago
For the first time since the bloody events of the Russian Revolution over a hundred years ago, a royal wedding took place in the city of Saint Petersburg and it featured a Romanov. The mainline Romanov family was infamously killed during the events of the revolution leaving the dynasty in ruins and dethroning them forever. But today, a distant relative descended from one of the few living members of the Romanov dynasty reappeared on the world stage to tie the knot with his longtime love interest.
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov moved back to Russia three years ago after living in Western Europe for most of his life. He is descended from another Grand Duke who fled Russia in 1917 to avoid the violent political uprising. He tied the knot with Rebecca Virginia Bettarini in an opulent ceremony at St. Isaac’s Cathedral that looked like an event from a bygone era.
A royal spectacle
The event drew living monarchs, royal relatives and monarchists from across Europe. It…
